JAMB, tertiary institutions to decide admission cut-off marks June 24

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed June 24 for its 2023 policy meeting on admission into tertiary institutions. 

In its weekly bulletin released on Monday, the board said the meeting will take place at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.

JAMB added that the meeting will discuss, among others, the “acceptable minimum admissible score to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions in Nigeria”.

“During the meeting, stakeholders will discuss critical issues emanating from the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), sale of Direct Entry (DE) application documents in addition to setting the tone for the 2023/2024 admission exercise in tertiary institutions,” the statement reads.

“The policy meeting will be chaired by the Hon. minister of education with all heads of tertiary institutions in attendance along with relevant regulatory bodies.

“Other critical issues slated for discussion at the policy meeting aside issues emanating from the presentation of the Registrar, JAMB, on the just concluded UTME, are other issues of national importance particularly as they concerned the education sector.

“The meeting is also expected to chart policy directions  for the nations tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines, present and analyse application statistics, and candidates performance, as well as evaluate the 2023 Admission exercise.

“Furthermore, the policy meeting, among other things, would decide the acceptable minimum admissible score to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.”

In 2021, JAMB scrapped the use of general cut-off marks for admissions and granted tertiary institutions the power to set their own minimum cut-off marks.

JAMB, however, said the institutions cannot go below such cut-off marks after adoption by the board.

“Institutions have now been given the liberty to decide cut-off marks, there will be no cut-off from JAMB,” Is-haq Oloyede, the board’s registrar, had said.